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Category Archives: Research
Everyone Can Learn Mathematics to High Levels: The Evidence from Neuroscience that Should Change our Teaching
By Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford University, and co-founder of youcubed.org (This is the first of two of our most popular Blog posts that we repeat for the month of July. ) 2018 was an important year for … Continue reading
The Third Year of “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”
By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky Summer 2017 brought the third anniversary of On Teaching and Learning Mathematics and with it our annual review of the articles we have published since our previous year in review article. Over the … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices, Communication, Curriculum, Education Policy, Faculty Experiences, Graduate Education, K-12 Education, Mathematics Education Research, Multidisciplinary Education, Outreach, Research, Student Experiences, Summer Programs, Year in Review
Tagged year in review
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Undergraduate Research: Viewpoints from the Faculty Side
By Luis David García Puente, Contributing Editor, Sam Houston State University Over the years I have been asked the questions: Why do you direct undergraduate research? How do you pick a research problem for your students? How do you manage … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Summer Programs
Tagged faculty development, REU, Undergraduate research
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The National Science Foundation Has Resources to Help You Improve the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics
By Ron Buckmire, TJ Murphy, John Haddock, Sandra Richardson, and Brent Driscoll This article is intended to serve as a rough “proof” of the statement, “There exist many resources and opportunities supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to improve … Continue reading
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Creating Momentum Through Communicating Mathematics
By Matthias Beck, San Francisco State University, and Brandy Wiegers, Central Washington University Given five minutes, can you turn to the person next to you and describe your research? How about over 15 minutes in front of a class of … Continue reading
Posted in Classroom Practices, Graduate Education, K-12 Education, Outreach, Research, Student Experiences
Tagged GK-12, graduate students, math circle, NSF, outreach
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Does the Calculus Concept Inventory Really Measure Conceptual Understanding of Calculus?
By Spencer Bagley, University of Northern Colorado; Jim Gleason, University of Alabama; Lisa Rice, Arkansas State University; Matt Thomas, Ithaca College, Diana White, Contributing Editor, University of Colorado Denver (Note: Authors are listed alphabetically; all authors contributed equally to the preparation … Continue reading
Don’t Count Them Out – Helping Students Successfully Solve Combinatorial Tasks
By Elise Lockwood, Contributing Editor, Oregon State University Introduction Solving counting problems is one of my favorite things to do. I love the challenge of making sense of the problem, the work of correctly modeling what I am trying to … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment Practices, Classroom Practices, Research
Tagged combinatorial model, combinatorics, counting, formulas, outcomes
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The First Year of “On Teaching and Learning Mathematics”
By Benjamin Braun, Editor-in-Chief, University of Kentucky It has been one year since On Teaching and Learning Mathematics launched, so it seems an appropriate time for reflection. As I re-read the 36 articles we have published over the past twelve … Continue reading
The Power of Undergraduate Researchers
By Audrey St. John, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Mount Holyoke College When I first started teaching, I was mystified (and, frankly, at times panicked) at the thought of having undergraduates work with me on research. I realized this … Continue reading
